Wednesday, July 4, 2007

Pictured by Mary McCartney Raising money to fight cancer



Sir Paul - pictured by Mary McCartney - goes under the hammer in Linda's memoryLast updated at

16:29pm on 4th July 2007
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Mary McCartney is auctioning her photographs to raise money to fight cancerMary McCartney is selling 36 of her celebrity photographic portraits - including one of Sir Paul - in her mother's memory.
Linda McCartney died from breast cancer in 1998.
Mary, a photographer like her mother, is selling the images to raise money for the Cancerbackup charity.
"As a photographer herself, she was my inspiration. I remember looking through her contact sheets as a child and being fascinated. Our styles are similar."


The photographs going under the hammer include Mary's intimate portraits of some of today's biggest stars including Bono, Jude Law and Tracey Emin.
The 37-year-old said: "Losing my mother prematurely has had a profound impact on my life in that it has made me appreciate the people around me.
"If I have one great sadness, it's that my mother never got to meet my two wonderful sons, Arthur, eight, and Elliot, four."
Mary said her mother's oncologist introduced the family to Cancerbackup. "They were invaluable, giving us emotional support and crucial information to help us understand the process. It feels like a privilege to give something back."
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Mary McCartney pictured with Sir Paul and Linda

Mary said she was devastated by her mother's diagnosis. "I was relatively lucky in that my mother was living almost normally until the last few days of her life. I tried to spend as much time with her as I could."
The photographs are expected to fetch between £1,200 and £5,000 each at the Oxo Tower auction tomorrow.
Cancerbackup provides information, advice and support for cancer patients, their families and carers.
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Mary's portrait of Sheila Hancock, estimated to fetch between £1,200 and £5,000



Marianne Faithfull, snapped by Mary as she is made up for the cameras



Tracey Emin is one of 36 of Mary's photographs to go on sale at the Oxo Tower

Harleyblues take:

Mary is a talented phototographer and artist I hope she raise's millions in her mother's Linda McCartneys memory, bless Mary's heart!

harleyblues

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